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Generaloberst ("colonel general") was the second-highest
general officer rank in the
German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Austro-Hungarian
Common Army...
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Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von
Witzleben (4
December 1881 – 8
August 1944) was a
German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) in the
Wehrmacht during...
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Group Africa was
activated with
newly promoted General der
Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel in command. The
Panzer Group controlled the
Afrikakorps and other...
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Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (pronounced [ˈɛʁviːn ˈʁɔməl] ; 15
November 1891 – 14
October 1944), po****rly
known as The
Desert Fox (German: Wüstenfuchs...
- 1st Army was
activated on 26
August 1939, in
Wehrkreis XII with
General Erwin von
Witzleben in command. Its
primary mission was to take
defensive positions...
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Generaloberst Richard Ruoff (1883–1967) 1 June 1942 24 June 1943 1 year, 23 days 5 Jaenecke,
ErwinGeneraloberst Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960)...
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Erwin Jaenecke (22
April 1890 – 3 July 1960), was a
general in the
Wehrmacht of ****
Germany during World War II who
commanded the 17th Army. Jaenecke...
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directly to the monarch, and a
constant escort. In 1854, the rank of
Generaloberst (colonel general) was
created in
order to
promote Wilhelm,
Crown Prince...
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Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5
February 1948) was a
German Generaloberst during World War II. He was a
recipient of the Knight's
Cross of the...
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Generalleutnant (1
December 1939)
General der
Panzertruppe (17
December 1941)
Generaloberst (4
December 1942) Iron
Cross (1914) 2nd
class (16
September 1914) &...
